PhD programmes are research degrees. Is research not an individual study which proceeds at its own rate?
The first eighteen months will be a research colloquium, in which the student cohort and doctoral faculty will work together on a single research topic. Given normal health, we expect the learning community to develop its own pace, cooperate supportively, and give every student some synergism to keep going at the group’s pace. Students will write their individual dissertations during the remaining thirty months. During this time, reading chapters to each other and meeting interim deadlines as a learning community, will help hold students on track. We expect the learning community to help us to pace students, but we recognise that individuals will complete their writing at different times. Hopefully, not too far apart.
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